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Title 50 — War and National Defense

Chapter 55 — Defense Production

§ 4516. Designation of energy as a strategic and critical material

Statutory text

For purposes of this chapter, “energy” shall be designated as a “strategic and critical material” after : Provided, That no provision of this chapter shall, by virtue of such designation 1 grant any new direct or indirect authority to the President for the mandatory allocation or pricing of any fuel or feedstock (including, but not limited to, crude oil, residual fuel oil, any refined petroleum product, natural gas, or coal) or electricity or any other form of energy.

Footnotes

  1. 1 So in original. Probably should be followed by a comma.

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

  1. Energy Security Act

    Pub. L. 96–294 title I § 103 · 94 Stat. 611

    Enacted · 50 U.S.C. § 4516

    Sept. 8, 1950, ch. 932, title I, § 106, as added Pub. L. 96–294, title I, § 103, June 30, 1980, 94 Stat. 617

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    Sept. 8, 1950, ch. 932, title I, § 106, as added Pub. L. 96–294, title I, § 103, June 30, 1980, 94 Stat. 617

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    Sec. 103. restriction on rationing Title I of the Defense Production Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C. App. 2071 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end thereof the following: “Sec. 105. Nothing in this Act shall be construed to authorize the 50 USC app. 2075. President to institute, without the approval of the Congress, a program for the rationing of gasoline among classes of end-users. “Sec. 106. For purposes of this Act, ‘energy’ shall be designated as a 50 USC app. 2076. ‘strategic and critical material’ after the date of the enactment of this section: Provided, That no provision of this Act shall, by virtue of such designation— “(1) grant any new direct or indirect authority to the President for the mandatory allocation or pricing of any fuel or feedstock (including, but not limited to, crude oil, residual fuel oil, any refined petroleum product, natural gas, or coal) or electricity or any other form of energy; or “(2) grant any new direct or indirect authority to the President to engage in the production of energy in any manner whatsoever (such as oil and gas exploration and development, or any energy facility construction), except as expressly provided in sections Post, pp. 619, 623. 305 and 306 for synthetic fuel production.”.

  2. Defense Production Act Reauthorization of 2009

    Pub. L. 111–67 § 5 · 123 Stat. 2006

    1. Substituted · 50 U.S.C. § 4516

      Pub. L. 111–67 substituted “such designation” for “such designation—”

    2. Substituted · 50 U.S.C. § 4516

      Pub. L. 111–67 substituted “energy.” for “energy; or”

    3. Struck · 50 U.S.C. § 4516

      Pub. L. 111–67 struck out par. (1) designation before “grant any new direct or indirect authority to the President for”

    4. Struck · 50 U.S.C. § 4516

      Pub. L. 111–67 struck out par. (2) which read as follows: “grant any new direct or indirect authority to the President to engage in the production of energy in any manner whatsoever (such as oil and gas exploration and development, or any energy facility construction), except as expressly provided in sections 305 and 306 [of act Sept. 8, 1950, ch. 932] for synthetic fuel production.”

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Pub. L. 111–67 substituted “such designation” for “such designation—” and “energy.” for “energy; or”, struck out par. (1) designation before “grant any new direct or indirect authority to the President for”, and struck out par. (2) which read as follows: “grant any new direct or indirect authority to the President to engage in the production of energy in any manner whatsoever (such as oil and gas exploration and development, or any energy facility construction), except as expressly provided in sections 305 and 306 [of act Sept. 8, 1950, ch. 932] for synthetic fuel production.”

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    SEC. 5. DESIGNATION OF ENERGY AS A STRATEGIC AND CRITICAL MATERIAL.   Section 106 of the Defense Production Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C. App. 2076) is amended— (1) by striking “such designation” and all that follows through “(1)” and inserting “such designation”; (2) by striking “; or” and inserting a period; and (3) by striking paragraph (2).

5 of 5 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Notes

Termination of Section

For termination of section, see section 4564(a) of this title.

Editorial Notes

References in Text

This chapter, referred to in text, was in the original “this Act”, meaning act Sept. 8, 1950, ch. 932, 64 Stat. 798, known as the Defense Production Act of 1950, which is classified principally to this chapter. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see section 4501 of this title and Tables.

Codification

Section was formerly classified to section 2076 of the former Appendix to this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.

Amendments

2009—Pub. L. 111–67 substituted “such designation” for “such designation—” and “energy.” for “energy; or”, struck out par. (1) designation before “grant any new direct or indirect authority to the President for”, and struck out par. (2) which read as follows: “grant any new direct or indirect authority to the President to engage in the production of energy in any manner whatsoever (such as oil and gas exploration and development, or any energy facility construction), except as expressly provided in sections 305 and 306 [of act Sept. 8, 1950, ch. 932] for synthetic fuel production.”

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

Section effective , see section 107 of Pub. L. 96–294, set out as an Effective Date of 1980 Amendment note under section 4502 of this title.

Credits

1950–2009 · 2 acts
  1. 1950Sept. 8, 1950, ch. 932, title I, § 106, as added Pub. L. 96–294, title I, § 103, , 94 Stat. 617
  2. 2009amended Pub. L. 111–67, § 5, , 123 Stat. 2009.
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(Sept. 8, 1950, ch. 932, title I, § 106, as added Pub. L. 96–294, title I, § 103, , 94 Stat. 617; amended Pub. L. 111–67, § 5, , 123 Stat. 2009.)

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